Boko Haram
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Boko Haram suicide bombing in NE Nigeria kills 30
Jun 17, 2019A triple suicide bombing by Boko Haram jihadists killed 30 people in the northeastern Nigerian town of Konduga, emergency services said Monday. Another 40 were injured in the attack in Konduga village in Borno State, the... -
6,000 Nigerians flee Boko Haram attack to Chad
Jan 23, 2019Thousands of Nigerians have fled across Lake Chad since Boko Haram launched attacks in and around the fishing town of Baga last month, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. “An estimated 6,000 refugees have... -
Boko Haram killed at least 18 people on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri
Apr 2, 2018Boko Haram killed at least 18 people and wounded scores in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive... -
UNHCR and partners seek US$157 million to aid Boko Haram displaced
Feb 6, 2018UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with humanitarian partners, today launched an inter-agency funding appeal for US$157 million to help over a quarter of a million people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake... -
More than half of all schools remain closed in Borno State, Nigeria
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: The crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria means that over 57 percent of schools in Borno, the worst-hit state, are closed, even as the new school year begins. Since 2009,... -
Nigeria Chibok girls: Eighty-two freed by Boko Haram
May 7, 2017News Hour: Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange... -
The number of children used in suicide attacks in the Lake Chad conflict surged to 27 in the first quarter of 2017
Apr 12, 2017News Hour: The number of children used in ‘suicide’ attacks in the Lake Chad conflict has surged to 27 in the first quarter of 2017, compared to nine over the same period last year, UNICEF said... -
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets children and families affected by Boko Haram violence on Niger trip
Feb 24, 2017News Hour: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom this week traveled to Diffa, southeast Niger, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin where Boko Haram violence has caused huge population displacements. Hundreds of... -
Suicide bomber attacks market in northeast Nigeria’s Maiduguri
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: A suicide bomber attacked a cattle market on Monday in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit by Boko Haram’s seven-year insurgency, the police and a witness said. Police said the bomber, who... -
Over 2.6 million displaced in lake Chad Basin
Dec 11, 2016News Hour According to IOM’s first regional analysis of displacement trends in the Lake Chad Basin crisis triggered by the Boko Haram insurgency, 2,635,450 individuals are now displaced in the region, both internally and across borders...
